Washington native Matt Bazemore is a studied plein air painter whose artistic vision is to
provide a window into the life, light and color of his idealized journey
and experience. Working primarily in
acrylics, Mr. Bazemore utilizes a bold palette and style to capture the
unique spirit and beauty of rural and urban landscapes of the
Pacific Northwest.

Artist, Greg Thornton, is a local Ballard/Crown Hill artist. He is the
owner of Black Iconic T-Shirts, a t-shirt line inspired by his own
history as a black artist and by the icons he has enjoyed and researched
for as long as he can remember.

Greg has been drawing since he could hold a crayon. His mother, Grace
Clayton, soon recognized Greg’s talent. Because Greg grew up in a
household of limited means, art classes and high-end art supplies were
not available, so Ms. Clayton encouraged Greg to practice his drawing
skills by mimicking the comic strips in the newspaper each day.

In forming Black Iconic T-shirts, Greg created pieces of artwork of
Black iconic figures that are important to Black history. Greg then
created a street motif “Hello My Name Is” name tag for each person. The
tag for each person starts with "Hello my name is . . . " and then
provides information about the historical figure, such as his or her
birth name, date and place of birth, date of death (if deceased), and a
few sentences about the person's "claim to fame."

Black Iconic T-shirts sells custom-made t-shirts with the image of the person on the front of the t-shirt and the informational name tag on the back of the t-shirt. Greg simply hopes that the viewer is inspired enough by the historical information that he or she delves deeper into these and other individual’s lives and accomplishments.

A group show curated by Marcia Douglas and Becky Birinyi. ”Mixing It Up,” a group show of original art from the Seattle Print Arts Salon #2. Centerpiece of the show will be a montage of 8”x8” prints assembled by the artists to showcase their sense of play and experimentation.

Art & Soul is proud to present a selection of printers proofs on display
from a series of the best projects we've had the privilege to work on over
the last decade.

Forever & Always by Charles Berger

The images span from the early history of color
photography to the present and are all printed as tri-color or four color
carbon prints. We hope you can join us for this unique and one of a kind
showing!

“Creating
art brings great joy and satisfaction to me,” admits Josephine E. Rice,
Venue’s featured artist for October. “And I wish this feeling for my
viewers.”

Fort Caramel

With inspiration from nature, specifically the Pacific
Northwest's lush wildlife - along with spontaneous shapes - Josie mixes
and layers paper cutouts until the feeling is just right. Through trial
and error, a fitting story unfolds, each piece exaggerated with
saturated gouache color. The final step is smoothing the form with black
ink lines. In awe of the infinite combinations, she arrives on just
one, achieving at last an idealistic wish and hope for that perfect
moment of contentment.

Mike likes painting funny things. And as an artist, he doesn’t think funny has to be separate from beautiful. A lot of his art takes on concepts that can be paradoxical when combined: funny, cute, gross, weird, and beautiful.

Beholder

Gobstopper

Ooze

His
paintings reflect his obsessions: dinosaurs, stripes, mythology, geek
culture, and gross-out humor. He enjoys the reactions people have to his
paintings. He has been compared to everyone from Dali to Tim Burton. He
says that seeing what other people think of his paintings is as much
fun as making the paintings themselves.

Capricorn

Mike
is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and has also
attended Cornish College of the Arts. He’s been practicing art since he
was but a tiny child. He works primarily with acrylics, and occasionally
in digital media. Also, when he doesn’t know what to draw, he draws
dragons.

Masha
Osoianu Design is a line of special occasion knit wear which include
dresses, tops , bridal and jewelry. The one-of-a-kind designs are
hand-knitted using beautiful yarns from Europe. The high quality
versatile designs make women feel sexy and comfortable. The flowy and
feminine silhouettes are designed with unique knitting patterns to
highlight the beauty of the woman’s body.

Join us to celebrate
the beautiful designs of this local designer at our Seattle Designer
Series event during Ballard's Art Walk on October 13th. You can view the
collection in our boutique for the remainder of October.

Join Ballard’s theatre company, Ghost Light Theatricals, for their
Season 10 Kick-Off Party on Saturday, October 13 from 6-10 p.m. at their
home, the Ballard Underground. This event is free and open to the
public with music provided by DJ Frankenheart and featuring the artwork
of Seattle artist, Mark Siano. Cash bar available.

Ghost Light Theatricals is a non-profit theatre company that
was established in 2003 and they have been in their space, the Ballard
Underground, since January 2010. Ghost Light Theatricals' mission is to
create bold, imaginative stories inspired by classic texts that resonate
with a modern world.

Hummingbird

Mark Siano creates haunting and spare images of nature, where something is always hidden and mysterious, through an endless array of weaving and twisting silhouettes. Bold and highly stylized images of tree branches, crows, nests, bramble, waterways, and flowers reflect Mark's interest in exploring the dense, complicated, and entangled areas of nature. Mark works primarily with ink and canvas and uses classic poster design techniques from the Art Nouveau era to frame and illustrate a large variety of projects. www.marksianoartwork.blogspot.com

Painter Karen Mataya will be featured at Starbucks this October. Her oil paintings feature a series of tranquil tropical ocean scenes. Such gorgeous images to meditate on as the weather turns colder in Seattle.

My desire to be at the beach is represented in my paintings. I like the warmth of the tropics and put myself in that setting while I paint.

For the month of October, Miro Tea is featuring local artist Meghan Noel. Ms. Noel is a painter, illustrator, & textile and mixed media artist working in the Northwest.

In recent years she has chosen to focus more on her intricate painting and illustrations. Her paintings and illustrations range from dreamy and surreal to delicate and whimsical. She seeks not to create masterpieces to grace the walls of museums, but rather to create smaller more intimate works to fit into the lives of readers and writers, poets and dreamers, mother, fathers, and everyday folk.